Dr. Meredith T. Niles
Meredith is an interdisciplinary food systems scientist that studies behavior and policy across agriculture and food systems. Her research focus is in advancing efforts to achieve sustainable food security and improve health, environmental, and rural livelihood outcomes in food systems. Her two primary areas of research focus include 1) farmer's adoption of sustainable management practices that reduce environmental and public health impacts and 2)Improving food security, nutrition and health outcomes during climate change and public health crises.
Currently she is a Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Public Health and Professor of Environment and Society at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society at Brown University. She is a member of the Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity and the Center for Climate, Environment and Health. Before joining Brown University, she spent 10 1/2 years at The University of Vermont, most recently as the Robert L. Bickford Endowed Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences.
Dr. Niles has been internationally recognized including as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine fellow from the U.S. National Academy of Medicine. She serves as an Associate Editor for Current Environmental Health Reviews, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, and Critical Insights in Agriculture.